Oakley's Grille Has New Tampa's Best Burgers & Fries

*mushswissBy Gary Nager

When you CRAVE a great hamburger, what’s the first place you think of here in New Tampa? Fast food? One of those burger chains? Your own backyard grill?

Those are all reasonable answers, but if you’re like me — and literally hundreds of our readers — you might say “Oakley’s Grille,” which is located on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in the North Palms Village area, next to Dairy Queen.Continue reading

Former Macaroni Grill Could Become National Mexican Chain

Macaroni Grill has been vacant for more than a year, but that could change in the next few months.
Macaroni Grill has been vacant for more than a year, but that could change in the next few months.

For more than a year, the former Romano’s Macaroni Grill location has remained vacant on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in New Tampa. However, that may not be the case for long, as a national Mexican restaurant reportedly is in negotiations to lease the former Italian restaurant space, just north of Highwoods Preserve Pkwy.Continue reading